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When they started doing the handbooks, they threw in a lot of pseudo-scientific explanations of the fantastic for teh argumentative fanboys. For all the giant monsters, there were three explanations that were used a lot: super-dense skeletal structures to hold up their bulk, latent psionic powers to hold up their bulk, or anti-gravity powers to counteract their bulk.

To the best of my knowledge, never once did they consider using “yes, you’re very smart; now shut up.”

It’s not the only source and certainly not for everything, but if it’s not the best, why do other animals bother with it? It’s a lot harder to kill herbivores than to kill plants, even if you have to chase those same herbivores away from them first. Mosquitoes risk their lives for blood annoyingly often, and the only explanation I’ve heard is protein.

Maybe that has something to do with the fact that animals who are vegans have these neat digestive tracts designed to maximize the nutritive potential of a purely vegetable diet? And apes aren’t vegans, they are omnivores, see all the footage of them eating termites, honey, and other primates as Exhibit A.

Hilarious. But herbivores are not vegans. “Herbivore,” “omnivore,” and “carnivore” are words that designate the animal’s natural diet, or the diet they are physically suited for. “Vegetarian” and “vegan” denote (perhaps morally based) choices made by the animal (or perhaps another animal on its behalf). So I am a vegetarian omnivore, as is my dog. Omnivores who believe that eating meat (of some animals) is appropriate and permissible should probably be called “carnists.”